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  1. 20th March 2012, 10:15 PM #1
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    Td5 Fuel leak - Top of tank

    Is there one particular line that is prone to develop a leak at the top of the tank and if so which one is it?

    Mine starting to leak tonight and I'd like to know which one to order, or is it wise to replace all four while at it?
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  2. 21st March 2012, 07:48 AM #2
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    Hi Rog,
    Mine have gone twice but I can't quite remember. I think it was the middle one. I also thought I had to buy a kit with all 3 lines. For the future, I've covered all 3 with a split rubber hose cable tied around them to remove any likelihood of rubbing.

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    Thanks Malcolm,
    "Middle one" There are four fuel pipes attached to the top of the pump - the two middle ones are the low and high pressure outlets and, judging by the volume of dfuel that was being pumped out, I'm pretty sure the one that had split is the high pressure one.

    I'll know pretty soon anyway as I'm just about to attack it.

    Interesting that you say you had to buy the complete set - that may eliminate the need for my question re "is it worth replacing all lines while at it".
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    Don't jump to conclusions

    As it says in my sig line, "Experience is something you don't get until after you need it"

    Having gone and bought a replacement fuel line for the one that commonly rubs on the cross member and results in a fuel leakage and then removing ALL FOUR fuel lines, I found that all lines were in perfect condition.

    So now I turn to the fuel filter and as all fuel lines are already disconnected, I remove the whole housing for a closer ispection on the bench. All appears fine but as I remove the filter (which had been on for 10,000kms) from the housing, I discover that whoever fitted it last June (yours truly ) omitted to remove the old rubber washers and it is apparant that two are not better than one and eventually fail.

    So what should have been a 5 minute job on the side of the road ended up spanning two days of mostly unnecessary work. Oh well, at least I learnt a few things from the exercise.
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